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It. we re still in the same place that we were 20 years ago and 30 years ago. we are all here talking about something that everybody sitting right here new what should ve happened. that s right, yes. we knew from day one he murdered george floyd. yes. we all saw it. but we had to go through this for a year to get to this point where this family can have some modicum, some amount of closure. until black and brown people in this country can get closure, can depend on the justice system, can know that when someone murders somebody in broad daylight, that they are going to be held accountable. we got a lot of work to do. and i will say to all you people, all you activists, all you people who were fighting from day one, keep working, keep pushing, keep fighting. because we have a lot of work to do in atlanta, georgia, and in brooklyn, minnesota, brooklyn center, minnesota, i m sorry, ....
Things like this are not national news we haven t made it. we are still in the same place that we were 20 years ago and 30 years ago. we are all here talking about something that everybody sitting right here new what should happen. we knew from day one he murdered george floyd. we also are at. but we had to go through this for eight years to get to this point where this family can have some modicum, some amount of closure. a year, so i say this, until black and brown people in this country can get closure, can depend on the justice system, can know that what someone murdered somebody in broad daylight that they are going to be held accountable we ve got a lot of work to do. and i will say to all you people, all you activists, all you people, all you activists, all you people that were fighting from day one, keep working, keep pushing, keep fighting. keep fighting. because we have a lot of work to do in atlanta, georgia. and ....
0 for them. all right. our coverage also will continue. the breaking news, derek chauvin, former minneapolis police officer has now been sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of george floyd. our coverage continues now with jake tapper. this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with the breaking news in our national lead. just moments ago we heard former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin s sentence to 22 and a half years in prison for the second-degree murder of george floyd in may 2020. and announcing his sentence, the judge acknowledged the pain of the floyd family and their struggles over the last year. he also said his sentence was based solely on legal facts, not on emotion, not on sympathy, not on public opinion. prosecutors had asked for chauvin to serve at least 30 years, while chauvin s defense team argued that chauvin should get probation or a lighter sentence. chauvin, of course, was convicted on three charges in a ....